Electrophotography – Cleaning of imaging surface – Roller
Patent
1999-06-03
2000-09-12
Chen, Sophia S.
Electrophotography
Cleaning of imaging surface
Roller
G03G 2100
Patent
active
061189707
ABSTRACT:
A cleaning roller is used for electrostatically attracting residual toner left on a photoconductive drum. The cleaning roller includes a shaft and a member formed on the shaft to cover the shaft. The member has contact portions that lie in a cylindrical plane and a plurality of recesses that are formed in the member and bounded by the contact portions. The contact portions are in contact with the photoconductive drum to attract residual toner left on the photoconductive drum. The recesses hold therein the residual toner attracted to the contact portions. The recesses have openings that lie in the cylindrical plane such that a ratio of the areas of the contact portions to the areas of the openings is in the range from 3:7 to 1:1. The openings of the recesses have effective diameters in the range from 50 to 150 .mu.m if the toner particles have effective diameters in the range from 6 to 9 .mu.m. The cleaning roller includes a metal shaft and a resilient member formed on the metal shaft to cover the metal shaft. The resilient member has an electrical resistance in the range from 5.times.10.sup.6 .OMEGA. to 5.times.10.sup.9 .OMEGA..
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Ando Hirokazu
Isoda Masao
Mizutani Takao
Suzuki Masayuki
Chen Sophia S.
Oki Data Corporation
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